You Won’t Believe Allen’s Second Life

Written By Troy Colby

Our team member, Allen Woodard, lives a second life: as musician and songwriter.

At age 8 The Beatles on Ed Sullivan lit his fire---he picked up a guitar and taught himself to play.

Currently, along with unrelated side gigs, he’s tracking an album of 10 original songs with his co-writer Patrick Roberts and project band, The Shiny Dimes.

Scheduling sessions with top-notch musicians is a challenge, but the goal is a fall 2025 streaming and vinyl album release and event.

Taste a few album songs and view videos below of a side gig with up-and-coming singer/songwriter, Abbey Leach.

“Goodbye San Francisco”

(Abbey Leach original)

Allen on guitar

“Wild Horses”

(Rolling Stones cover)

Allen on guitar

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